Vladimir Gelfand (Russian: Влади́мир Ната́нович Ге́льфанд) (born March 1, 1923 in the village of Novoarkhangelsk, Kirovohradskyi Raion; died in November 25, 1983 in the city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) was a diarist and Soviet soldier in World War II.
He is known as the author of the diaries from the years 1941-1946 which were published in Germany and Sweden. The book with the diaries-notices of the officer in the Red Army Vladimir Gelfand: German Diary 1945-1946 (Deutschland-Tagebuch 1945-1946) - Notations of a Soldier in the Red Army has become the first one which is published in Germany.
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